This Mental Illness Art Imagines the Sickness as Monsters

Toby Allen has created a set of illustrations entitled ‘The Real Monsters’ that addresses the issues and stigma related to mental illness via art. In his drawings, Allen imagines various mental debilitations as supernatural entities or ‘monsters.’ Allen’s aim with this project is to raise awareness about mental illness and to make it more accessible. Allen explains, “The artwork is not at all intended to make light of these conditions but instead is intended to give these intangible illnesses some substance and make them appear more beatable as physical entities.”